Garlic

Why take Therapeutic Foods Garlic?

Garlic has been used for its beneficial properties for centuries. It is found to have anitbacterial, antifungal and antiviral properties. It is also used to prevent heart disease, high blood pressure and cancer. Allium sativum, or garlic has been found to reduce platelet aggregation, or sticky blood, which is one of the mechanisms that leads to heart disease.

There is evidence that garlic can prevent and fight cold symptoms and has been used as an expectorant for coughs and croup.

Garlic is used to help regulate blood sugar levels and lower homocysteine levels. Thus it has an impact on metabolic syndrome and heart disease.

It has been used for centuries to treat parasitic infections, fungal infections and toxoplasmosis.